Jetty Tour Day 28 - Morgan (SA) to Gol Gol via Mildura (Vic)

Three states in a day!

Dust storm coming at Ned's Corner

Easily achieved as it turns out as we left South Australia right beside the north west corner of Victoria, via the Sturt Highway. For all intents and purposes, we are staying at Mildura but not in Mildura, as we crossed the Murray River to spend the night in a nice park at Gol Gol. If no border existed, it would be a suburb of Mildura.

Two stops on the way east.

At Renmark, we had a coffee at the Renmark Club, on the decking almost in the Murray River. Nice spot and friendly people but my mocha wasn't hot enough and the toilets were disappointing for such a swank club. Sue shot some footage of a big houseboat coming into dock and we took some photos for the travelers who climbed onto the dock.

Heading toward and over the boarder, we thought it would be a relatively easy thing to find a roadside stop to pop the top and have lunch. Not so. There were none and it wasn't until the fruit bins - fruit and vegetables from outside the Mildura region are banned - that we could pull in. We ended up having lunch in a farmers paddock. It was blowing all around us! Getting the van shut again proved a challenge, as by the wind propelling dust south to the Great Ocean Road, was beyond strong. To be safe, I had to drive the van - with all its panel up - into a position so the northern gale was coming over the back of the van. The back panel was the trickiest as once it was released it came down in a big hurry, Sue saving my bonce.

The rest of the trip was spent in and out of clouds of red dirt blasting across the road. Some poor

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bugger was losing his top soil.

Shopping, refuel and home for tea.

Two big days ahead of us to get to Dubbo and a day off.

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